, 1887-11-11
Excitement in Chicago Has
Reached Fever Heat.
Lingg Takes His Life-in His
Own Hands
And Brings 1t to a Dreadful
Termination.
Fielder and Schwab Save
Their Necks,
Their Sentences Being Com
muted to Imprisonment
narrowing Scenes in and
About the Jail.
Preparations For the Tragic
Event Of To-Day.
History of the Rise and Fall
of Anarchy.
narrowing Scenes in and
About the Jail.
Preparations For the Tragic
Event of To-Day.
History of the Rise and Fall
of Anarchy.
LINGO ~SELF-SLAik,
His Head Blown Off With a Illuminating
Can,

CHICAGO, Nov. l0.-Louis Lingg, the
bomb maker, has Just committed suicide
in his cell in the county jail.
He ended his life by means of a fulmi-
mating cap. He held the cap in his
mouth and lit it with a candle which was
burning in his cell. The explosion was
the first warning which the Jail people
had. The guard seeing him with the
candle in his hand supposed hat he was
lighting a cigar.
Immediately afterthe explosion Deputy
O'Nell rushed into Lingg's cell, which
was completely enveloped in smoke There
he found the young anarchist lying on
his back, with great holes in his head,
from which the blood flowed in torrents.
He was at once carried into the jail office
and placed on the table. He was still
breathing family, and while DR.. Gray
was examining him he coughed slightly
and the blood poured forth again from
his terrible wounds and from his mouth
and nose. The physician said the man
could onld only live an hour or so at the
most, and he expected his death every
minute.
LINGG's LAS ADDRESS.
All day yesterday it was thought that
Lingg acted differently from usual. On
Tuesday night he gave out his farewell
address, which was written for the Alarm,
Parsons old paper. In it he recites at
length his grievances, and closed as fol.
lows: Now, with the last and earnest
farewell to all friends and comrades, and
with final wishes for their prosperity, |
close with a view of the certainty that |
shall never have the chance of seeing you
again, my beloved comrades. With an
earnest ard hearty wish for your future
success in life, your comrade, Hoch die
anarchie. Louis Lingg."
THE INJURIES.
When Jailer Folz made an examination
of the cell, on the floor he found the
shell Of the Illuminating cap. The explo-
sion was terrific. 1t startled the officials,
who thought it was a bomb, the noise
was so great. The shell was so small as
to allow the smuggling oft into the Jail
without trouble. at 1918 DIR. Gray,
after further examination, found hat the
tissues of the throat and front of the jaw
had been torn away. He administered
stimulants, but failed to arouse him.
The attorney for Lingg, who had been
trying to have the young anarchist de-
clared insane, made an application before
Judge Baker this morning for a writ in
Lingg's behalf, but twas refused.
LINGG's APPEARANCE.
Lingg presented a most horrible sight.
The lower part of his jaw was completely
torn off and his thick auburn hair is
matted with blood. The cheeks were
torn out and hung down in jagged pieces
on his neck. The teeth were knocked
out, the gums were torn away, and but
a small stump of the tongue appeared
~protuding from the mangled throat. In
the upper part of the throat immediate
ly under the lower part of the jaw bone, a
terrible gap had been torn out from the
inside. The ball of The thumb of the
left hand, with which he had touched off
the explosive in his mouth was torn
open.
When the explosion occurred all the
anarchist prisoners were on their feet in
an instant, and every one of them looked
stunned and frightened. Jailor Folz at
once gave orders to have every one of the
cells searched, and Parsons was the first
one the descent was made upon. When
Engel was searched he completely broke
down and cried like a child.
THE INSTRUMENT OF DEATH.
The agent which had served Lingg to
accomplish his mornings work was q
small Illuminating cap a little over an
inch in length. 1t had been filled with
illuminate of mercury, and a small fuse,
which is usually attached to these instru-
ments of death, had been touched off by
tlneg. It was thought he was lighting a
cigar. When Lingg committed the deed
ne was lying on his face on his cot, After
The affair, when his cell was searched,
another candle was found. At the top of
It, barclysconcealed by the ends of the
a second Illuminating cap was found, so
II Is supposed that Lingg's attempted sui
elde was committed with one similarly
hidden. Candles were furnished by the
JAIL so that the caps must have been put
In by Lingg himself.
At2:55 Ling died.
Cant Black came to the iail shortly
after 100 clock. He went to the room
There the doctors were working with
Llngg. Poor fellow, poor fellow" he
Sala' can he recognize me2" Lingg